by Rajan Singh | Jan 31, 2023 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
I have been time blocking my day in 60-minute chunks for several months now. My overall observation is that it forces me to prioritize more effectively – because when I block time every day, I also block it for a specific activity. While it has allowed me to be...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 31, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In my days as a private equity investor, I learned some interesting lessons about ‘synergies’, horses, and donkeys — here they are 🙂 Every fund has the usual mix of investments, some good, others not so much. Most investments that do badly, do so for deep...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 30, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
During my training at the National Police Academy, there was one man everyone was terrified of – Mr. Anil Kumar Raturi (the future DGP of Uttarakhand). At that time, he was the boss of our outdoor training at the Academy. Which means, all the physical torture we...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 30, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my early days in the Indian Police Service, I was once accompanying a senior officer to a police station for an inspection. While on the way, in the car, this officer was talking about the importance of discipline and timeliness. But ironically, while we were...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 27, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In 2008, working in New York, every week I would hear about my friends losing their jobs. In the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, every US bank was dead or tottering. Lakhs of people had lost their jobs, houses, and bulk of their savings. I thought I...
